Runners wearing Santa Claus bonnets and bathing suits take part yesterday in the Santa Claus Run held every year in Budapest, Hungary. Participants collected money to help a Hungarian hospital for the third Sunday of Advent. The Season of Advent, which begins on a Sunday about four weeks before Christmas Day, is celebrated by the Catholic and Anglican Churches.

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